VIDEO: Ghanaian, Kofi Kingston becomes the first African to win the World Wrestling Championship
Ghanaian Wrester, Kofi Kingston has become the first African to be crowned WWE Champion after winning the WWE Championship at the World’s Biggest Pro Wrestling event, WrestleMania.
Kofi Kingston after 11 years in the wrestling profession won the prestigious title from Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
The new champion, Kofi Sarkodie Mensah, alias Kofi Kingston couldn’t hide his emotion at finally winning the holy grail in Wrestling.
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“It’s so emotional. Like, you work so hard to get here and sometimes you work as hard as you can and things aren’t going your way, you know? And you don’t know if the hard work is going to pay off. It’s paying off right now. It just feels surreal. It feels like a legitimate dream. … I feel like I’m in a dream, and I don’t want to wake up.” – Kofi Kingston
Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (born August 14, 1981, in Kumasi, Ghana) is a Ghanaian-American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, under the ring name Kofi Kingston, where he performs on the SmackDown brand and is the current WWE Champion in his first reign. He is also a member of The New Day along with Big E and Xavier Woods.
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